I'm a grad student studying children's literature. I am one of
those weird writer-people, but I generally dispense with the
tortured soul in favor of just really enjoying stories and the way
people tell them. I really like elephants and the Muppets and
Gothic architecture.

Books: so very, very many. First and foremost, Harry Potter. Also:
The Prydain Chronicles, The Outsiders, A Thread of Grace, The
Sparrow & Children of God, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, The
Queen's Thief, Speak, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time
Indian, Wind on Fire trilogy, Chaos Walking trilogy, Les
Miserables, A Series of Unfortunate Events, and many more

TV: I watch a lot of it. I love being able to return to the same
characters week after week. Veronica Mars, Criminal Minds, The
X-Files, Battlestar Galactica, Firefly, Hannibal, Buffy the Vampire
Slayer.

Music: super random. Very in love with Mumford & Sons, Regina
Spektor, Rufus Wainwright, Josh Ritter, The Weepies, The Killers. I
love musicals, so I have a lot of soundtracks. I also love Celine
Dion - ironically, but with such fervor that it basically loops
back around to unironic. She's gloriously hilarious.

Um, everything. I'm pretty much incapable of turning my brain off.
I try to use this trait to make myself a compassionate and
conscientious person. I like to think about how stories can impact
people's lives for the better.